Our first issue, “Egg,” marks The Dial’s entrance into the world. We are proud to present a selection of original reporting, interviews, and poetry that focuses on the global fight for bodily autonomy and reproductive justice.
The Dial Magazine
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- 1/5 Hi! We are The Dial, a new magazine of journalism, politics, and ideas with a focus on locally sourced writing from around the globe. We’ll be launching in January. Sign up for our newsletter to join us in this experiment:
- Calling all writers! We're accepting pitches for three issues coming out this fall: "America" (October), "Language" (November) and "Deadlines" (December). Not sure what we're looking for? You can find our pitch guide here:
- Annie Ernaux and Céline Sciamma are fully committed to making political art. In a joint interview, Lucie Geoffrey and Emmanuelle Josse talked to the writer and filmmaker about their respective childhoods, artistic development, and contemporary feminism: thedial.world/issue-1/annie-…
- Calling all reporters and writers! We're accepting pitches for two issues coming out early next year: "Bodies" and "Ghosts." These themes will be interpreted broadly — so, try us. We accept reporting, essays, fiction, and poetry. Learn more here:
- Interested in writing for The Dial? We’re taking pitches for reported pieces, criticism, fiction, as well as visual features and graphic journalism. Email [email protected]. Can’t wait to hear from you! For more info, check out our website: thedial.world
- German colonial brutality in Africa is all too often conveniently forgotten or misremembered, @CaitLChandler writes. A recent movement from East African families to repatriate their ancestors is changing that:
- 1/ What happens when a country’s internet domain outlives the nation? Kaloyan Kolev sifts through the archived pages of Yugoslavia’s national web domain .yu, which remained active for two decades past the dissolution of the country beginning in the 1990s.
- 1/ Global shipping is essential to sustaining an interconnected world. Yet the movement of ships, cargo, and capital is far from seamless. On a cargo ship traveling from Fos-sur-Mer to Dubai, Jatin Dua reports on the politics of maritime chokepoints:
- “What we have to do is see feminism as a complete reconfiguration of the world,” filmmaker Céline Sciamma tells Lucie Geoffrey and Emmanuelle Josse in an interview for @deferlanterevue. Read the conversation translated in English by @LaurenElkin:
- Our fourth issue, “Shipwrecks,” is one of the first themes we decided on as we set out to build The Dial. Shipwrecks are, after all, often international affairs, and they have a strange way of conjuring horror, wonder, and mystery all at once:
- We're taking pitches for our winter issues, including: • Parties • Sex • Money Send us your best original reporting, criticism, and works of literature or translation. Learn more about our pitch process here: thedial.world/contact
- Our first issue comes out in one week! Put it in your calendar; tell your friends. For more from our editors, sign up for our newsletter at thedial.world
- Ghana’s parliament is currently reviewing what has been described as the most homophobic bill in the world. @JustNanaAma reports on the country’s anti-LGBTQ policies—and documents how American evangelicalism inspired them:
